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obama and his fellow honorees. notable this year was the inclusion of two latinos-- a group the kennedy center had been criticized for ignoring in the past. how important is it to you of being from mexico, of being latino and being honored? >> it's extremely important because me personally being invited i give a chance to give voice to the invisible ones the one who clean all the sheets, clean all the toilets, serve and... >> brown: you feel that? you feel they are there? >> bill graham told me this a long time ago. >> brown: the great promoter. >> he says-- bill graham says, "you give voice to the invisible ones." you know, so like delores >> brown: you are 66 now? and i see you are still you are going to africa soon to continue touring do you see a point where you might stop all this? >> no way it's just getting starting. it's getting better, you know, we finally crystallized what we're really about. we used to be seekers now we're finders. >> brown: carlos santana, thank you for talking to us and congratulations
obama and his fellow honorees. notable this year was the inclusion of two latinos-- a group the kennedy center had been criticized for ignoring in the past. how important is it to you of being from mexico, of being latino and being honored? >> it's extremely important because me personally being invited i give a chance to give voice to the invisible ones the one who clean all the sheets, clean all the toilets, serve and... >> brown: you feel that? you feel they are there? >>...
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but, for now, the obama administration says it has good news. although performance can still be spotty, things are better than they were. the white house and the nation's top health agency say users shopping for insurance on healthcare.gov are having far more success today than a month ago. the troubled site, officials said, is working nearly 90 percent of the time for consumers, and that today, there were 375,000 people visits by noon. >> we believe we made the important progress that we set out to make by november 30 but as we said in november, and as i said just now, the work continues to make improvements that still need to be made to the website. >> ifill: officials say the site can handle 50,000 users at one time, and up to 800,000 each day. the health and human services department also said the site's so-called "back end," which delivers information to insurers, had been largely repaired. but problems remain. insurance companies remain unhappy. and increased volume could provide new tests as a december 23 deadline for enrollment nears. te
but, for now, the obama administration says it has good news. although performance can still be spotty, things are better than they were. the white house and the nation's top health agency say users shopping for insurance on healthcare.gov are having far more success today than a month ago. the troubled site, officials said, is working nearly 90 percent of the time for consumers, and that today, there were 375,000 people visits by noon. >> we believe we made the important progress that we...
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you know there has been a trickle of transfers since a major speech that president obama named this year announcing a recommitment closing the prison this came only after a mass hunger strike presence beyond the reason that prompted any action by the u.s. government but it prompts a speech or worse important words and some steps but in terms of actual transfers we have seen a trickle there were two algerians who went voluntarily if for these transfers the rescue sudanese man were just transferred and they're released to ensuring that our client jim allen and other man ok is having saya just simply transferred that isn't enough progress by any stretch is interesting our correspondent where lucia did a series inside a kind of a p.r. thing of course as far as the press is concerned she wanted to talk to at least one of the prisoners there if the authorities as the saying of the police who are between really well she wasn't allowed access to a single prisoner are you surprised that that that's been that's been the way it's been a quiet time since the beginning there is never been a direct ac
you know there has been a trickle of transfers since a major speech that president obama named this year announcing a recommitment closing the prison this came only after a mass hunger strike presence beyond the reason that prompted any action by the u.s. government but it prompts a speech or worse important words and some steps but in terms of actual transfers we have seen a trickle there were two algerians who went voluntarily if for these transfers the rescue sudanese man were just...
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the saudis are furious over western dealings with iran disappointed that obama didn't bomb syria and determined to export its radical form of islam can the house of saud afford what it calls an independent foreign policy saudi arabia a few years isolation they really cannot carry out independent foreign policy because of their regimes limited strength and durability every government the middle east except turkey and israel because their democracies every single other government is fragile you look at a fairly stable country like jordan it is fragile as well i hope for side arabia's would become a constitutional monarchy more like jordan but saudi arabia has lots of work to do to. learn the salaries and poor prospects are slanted and monkey reasons young israelis are increasingly leaving their native country policy reports now on the new generation choosing the bright lights of europe the us and even last an america where the promised land. their ancestors may have called it the promise land but more and more young israelis are seeking their fortunes far from its golden shaws a former
the saudis are furious over western dealings with iran disappointed that obama didn't bomb syria and determined to export its radical form of islam can the house of saud afford what it calls an independent foreign policy saudi arabia a few years isolation they really cannot carry out independent foreign policy because of their regimes limited strength and durability every government the middle east except turkey and israel because their democracies every single other government is fragile you...
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since obama had promised to shut the prison down on day one of his presidency and efficient and clear plan to close guantanamo yet to be put in place and they said you're going to new york so quick recap of the figure one hundred sixty two people are still behind bars you have the u.s. military facility eighty four of them were cleared for release years ago but remain trapped in the legal limbo and only twenty prisoners at guantanamo. actually face charges and are due to appear in court and the rest can't be prosecuted because the u.s. has no evidence against them but still claims they are too dangerous to release. the lawyer for one of the detainee sent back to our jury assess his client now face for his life. he was opposed to going to algeria he wanted to go to a european country so that he could be reunited with his family he's been separated from his wife and daughters for twelve years now we're concerned that he's essentially going to be dumped on the street as other prisoners have been who had no connection with algeria the second issue for mr benson is the fact that he lives h
since obama had promised to shut the prison down on day one of his presidency and efficient and clear plan to close guantanamo yet to be put in place and they said you're going to new york so quick recap of the figure one hundred sixty two people are still behind bars you have the u.s. military facility eighty four of them were cleared for release years ago but remain trapped in the legal limbo and only twenty prisoners at guantanamo. actually face charges and are due to appear in court and the...
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president obama and first lady are taking off on air force one. >>> french forces are now the central africa republic say they will restore order by answer means necessary. the. >>> 37 years after students in soweto protests over the education system, south african students still fail to make the grade. it seems that apartheid is still hard to overcome. we have more from cape town. [ cheering ] nelson mandela supporting and encouraging children in school. from the start of his career as an ain't apartheid activist, the leader placed education at the center of the struggle. he said his single most important priority is >> later because of this and in some corner they would change and understand why the up rising. >> nelson mandela urgently educate black students to the standard of their white counterparts to give them both purpose and hope. >> they have really struggled to fulfill nelson mandela vision. they are crippled by inequa inequalities. school buildings are falling apart. >> schools outside of cape town are more typical of the problems the system is struggling with. activists a
president obama and first lady are taking off on air force one. >>> french forces are now the central africa republic say they will restore order by answer means necessary. the. >>> 37 years after students in soweto protests over the education system, south african students still fail to make the grade. it seems that apartheid is still hard to overcome. we have more from cape town. [ cheering ] nelson mandela supporting and encouraging children in school. from the start of his...
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since obama had promised to shut the prison down on day one of his presidency and efficient and clear plan to close guantanamo yet to be put in place and if they said you're going to new york as a release of the detainees has brought the number of prisoners in guantanamo to one hundred sixty to eighty four of those still behind bars have already been cleared for release among the others just twenty are to face trial by military court five of them accused of involvement in the nine eleven attacks on america the rest can be prosecuted but are considered to be too dangerous to be released robert kurtz the lawyer of one of the clinton i'm old prisoners send back till jury a says it's very concerned about what awaits his client. he was opposed to going to algeria he wanted to go to a european country so that he could be reunited with his family he's been separated from his wife and daughters for twelve years now we're concerned that he's essentially going to be dumped on the street as other prisoners have been who had no connection with algeria the second issue for mr benson is the fact th
since obama had promised to shut the prison down on day one of his presidency and efficient and clear plan to close guantanamo yet to be put in place and if they said you're going to new york as a release of the detainees has brought the number of prisoners in guantanamo to one hundred sixty to eighty four of those still behind bars have already been cleared for release among the others just twenty are to face trial by military court five of them accused of involvement in the nine eleven...
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since obama had promised to shut the president down on day one of his presidency and efficient and clear plan to close guantanamo yet to be put in place and as they see it you're going to. well let's go back to our top story in ukraine the opposition is demanding the government to step down and we can discuss this. because we can talk to a political analyst. thank you very much for coming on to the program the softer news first question is why foreign diplomats encouraging the president so you step down simply because it does seem odd because just a couple of weeks ago they were actually in negotiations with. well that is the million dollar question isn't it we can imagine what the reaction would be beyond mobile western media if the russian foreign minister came. to the ukraine and supports to one of the signs that would be a scandal i mean this is clear clear interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign country and they're not even hiding it anymore so this is something that should be an acceptable. as a democratic standard you just have to have call our country to make its own
since obama had promised to shut the president down on day one of his presidency and efficient and clear plan to close guantanamo yet to be put in place and as they see it you're going to. well let's go back to our top story in ukraine the opposition is demanding the government to step down and we can discuss this. because we can talk to a political analyst. thank you very much for coming on to the program the softer news first question is why foreign diplomats encouraging the president so you...
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since obama had promised to shut the prison down on day one of his presidency and efficient and clear plan to close guantanamo yet to be put in place and if they see it you're going to new york. their lease of the detainees brings the number of prisoners in guantanamo to one hundred sixty to eighty four of those have also been cleared for release robert kurson a lawyer of one of the going to a prisoner stand back till derrius as he urged the u.s. to resettle its client in another country he was opposed to going to algeria he wanted to go to a european country so that he could be reunited with his family he's been separated from his wife and daughters for twelve years now we're concerned that he's essentially going to be dumped on the street as other prisoners have been who had no connection with algeria the second issue for mr bence is the fact that he lives he grew up in a very rural part of algeria a part in the south southwestern area of the country and he is genuinely concerned that there will be a fundamentalist islamic system interests there who will assume that he supports them
since obama had promised to shut the prison down on day one of his presidency and efficient and clear plan to close guantanamo yet to be put in place and if they see it you're going to new york. their lease of the detainees brings the number of prisoners in guantanamo to one hundred sixty to eighty four of those have also been cleared for release robert kurson a lawyer of one of the going to a prisoner stand back till derrius as he urged the u.s. to resettle its client in another country he was...
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since obama had promised to shut the prison down on day one of his presidency and efficient and clear plan to close guantanamo yet to be put in place and if they see it you're going to new york. the world is grieving the death of south african the apartheid icon mandela later in the program we take a closer look at his legacy and how he overturned world opinion making the transition from being branded a terrorist to becoming one of the greatest freedom fighters in history. thousands of fast food and retail workers in the u.s. staged a national strike on thursday calling for an increase to the minimum wage president obama pledged to push for higher salaries in the industry back in february but critics say little has been done since artie's marina porton i was at a protest in new york. what began here in new york city one year ago with just two hundred employees has exploded into arguably the biggest wave of protest in the history of america's fast food industry thousands of fast food employees in more than one hundred cities throughout this country have walked off the job thursday dema
since obama had promised to shut the prison down on day one of his presidency and efficient and clear plan to close guantanamo yet to be put in place and if they see it you're going to new york. the world is grieving the death of south african the apartheid icon mandela later in the program we take a closer look at his legacy and how he overturned world opinion making the transition from being branded a terrorist to becoming one of the greatest freedom fighters in history. thousands of fast...
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i think that it's just another one of obama's insincere gestures you know he also showed. his hand a few years ago at a summit of the americas in trinidad but then he proceeded to implement policies that were very aggressive towards venezuela so i don't think this is going to signify any kind of change or shift in u.s. policy towards cuba and yet some would say washington minutes to strike a deal with a rock for relations with cuba. well it certainly could it's just that there hasn't been any sign besides this unexpected encounter that that was on the plate of obama's government administration for the upcoming year in fact his government has tightened some of the restrictions against cuba has loosened and made flexible others but obama also took a jab in his speech i think that was directed towards castro and others when he made some kind of statement about the fact that some of the leaders there didn't respect dissidents in their own countries i think he was trying to make up for the fact that he would be heavily criticized for having. shaken castro's hand so i don't thin
i think that it's just another one of obama's insincere gestures you know he also showed. his hand a few years ago at a summit of the americas in trinidad but then he proceeded to implement policies that were very aggressive towards venezuela so i don't think this is going to signify any kind of change or shift in u.s. policy towards cuba and yet some would say washington minutes to strike a deal with a rock for relations with cuba. well it certainly could it's just that there hasn't been any...
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barack obama is among those attending and speak. he be joined by three previous presidents, including george w. bush, bill clinton and jimmy carter. also ban ki-moon will speak. kofi annan, his predecessor will be in tansd. iran president hassan rouhani and british prime minister david cameron, joined by gordon browbrown, tony blair and mr major. nicholas sar cosy will join francis hollande. >> can you tell me how much people in south africa will use this as an event to determine how south africa is today? >> i think that will be what today is about. as well as watching on the tv screens at home, i think people will reflect on the way the country changed in the last 20 years. we are about to celebrate 20 years of freedom since the first democratic election. people will be looking back at the early years thinking about nelson mandela's influence no building the country we see today. it will be a time of celebration and reflection for the south africans who have seen their lives change. >> we have seen graca mandela arriving at the st
barack obama is among those attending and speak. he be joined by three previous presidents, including george w. bush, bill clinton and jimmy carter. also ban ki-moon will speak. kofi annan, his predecessor will be in tansd. iran president hassan rouhani and british prime minister david cameron, joined by gordon browbrown, tony blair and mr major. nicholas sar cosy will join francis hollande. >> can you tell me how much people in south africa will use this as an event to determine how...
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hand a few years ago adding at a summit of the americas in trinidad but then he proceeded to implement policies that were very aggressive towards venezuela so i don't think this is going to signify any kind of change or shift in u.s. policy towards cuba obama also took a jab in his speech i think that was directed towards castro and others when he made some kind of statement about the fact that some of the leaders there didn't respect dissidents in their own countries i think you know he was trying to make up for the fact that he would be heavily criticized for having. shaken castro's hand. on a question that's been raised with the death of nelson mandela south africa's young democracy will go next one of the biggest concerns is whether the country will carefully preserve its moment racist legacy left by its comic leader also on our web site read some of those quotes that you won't come across in the mainstream media. is the address. still to come on the program here a lot internationalist serious toxic disarmament could be about to fail to clear a hurdle. and the international agency
hand a few years ago adding at a summit of the americas in trinidad but then he proceeded to implement policies that were very aggressive towards venezuela so i don't think this is going to signify any kind of change or shift in u.s. policy towards cuba obama also took a jab in his speech i think that was directed towards castro and others when he made some kind of statement about the fact that some of the leaders there didn't respect dissidents in their own countries i think you know he was...
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began here in new york city one year ago with just two hundred employees has exploded into arguably the biggest wave of protest in the history of america's fast food industry thousands of fast food employees in more than one hundred cities throughout this country have walked off the job thursday demanding an increase in minimum wage and the right to unionize now this movement is being spearheaded by an organization called fast food forward and the fast food workers that have joined the strike work at meijer restaurants like wendy's mcdonald's burger king and k.f.c. now while fast food remains a two hundred billion dollar industry the median wage for the service workers like the cooks and the cashiers in the group nationwide is just eight dollars and ninety four cents an hour here in new york city it's even worse with the minimum wage being seven dollars twenty five cents an hour now because of the low wages and many of the employees if not most employed at fast food restaurants are living in poverty i don't know why by the grace of god i am. i am in a shelter or trying to get out of the
began here in new york city one year ago with just two hundred employees has exploded into arguably the biggest wave of protest in the history of america's fast food industry thousands of fast food employees in more than one hundred cities throughout this country have walked off the job thursday demanding an increase in minimum wage and the right to unionize now this movement is being spearheaded by an organization called fast food forward and the fast food workers that have joined the strike...
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cnn was there last year when he was arrested at the embassy in washington. remember this? to bring attention to the alleged war crimes committed by the sudanese president and he met with president obama to convince him to help the violence there. when george clooney gets involved oftentimes this man gets action. >>> another political issue involving russia, celebrities. the upcoming winter olympics in sochi, russia, and the threatened boycott of these games because of anti-gay stance. elton john performed before this packed audience in moscow and took that moment to confront the issue head on. >> always welcome me with warmth and open arms every time i've visited. you've always embraced me and you have never judged me. so -- i am deeply saddened over the current legislation that is now in place against the lgbt community. it is isolating. some people that because of this legislation, i must not come here to russia, but many, many more people have asked me to come and i listened. >> russia is under scrutiny for its new propaganda law. the band is even talking about homosexu
cnn was there last year when he was arrested at the embassy in washington. remember this? to bring attention to the alleged war crimes committed by the sudanese president and he met with president obama to convince him to help the violence there. when george clooney gets involved oftentimes this man gets action. >>> another political issue involving russia, celebrities. the upcoming winter olympics in sochi, russia, and the threatened boycott of these games because of anti-gay stance....
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the new rule was imposed by president obama three years ago. we'll learn whether the housing recovery lost momentum. some data was delayed by the shut down. increases are expected despite higher mortgage rates. one economists says it's not just institutional investors helping the housing markets.. >> now you are seeing a lot of home buyers who are not institutional investors, who have better credit scores, and have decided that the time is about good to start buying home. and bankers are becoming more confident about the situation. >> we'll get a hint about friday's anticipated jobs report. payroll firm reports on how many private sector jobs were created last month. wall street has some of its moo back. after the do you closed lower on tuesday for a third straight day. the do you jones falling blow the 15,000 mark. the nasdaq holding above the 4,000 level. overseas european markets struggle to bounce back after three days of losses. markets ended the day lower. japan led the cle client, with the nikkei falling. chinese shares rallied on news o
the new rule was imposed by president obama three years ago. we'll learn whether the housing recovery lost momentum. some data was delayed by the shut down. increases are expected despite higher mortgage rates. one economists says it's not just institutional investors helping the housing markets.. >> now you are seeing a lot of home buyers who are not institutional investors, who have better credit scores, and have decided that the time is about good to start buying home. and bankers are...
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we're in the fifth year of a recovery now. touf have context. if you take the one-time revenue windfall within the two-thirds budget you're running at 800 billion. that's 5% of g.d.p. no one's abolished the business cycle. sooner or later down the road there's going to be -- >> even if we get to 300 billion we're going to turn around and go the other way? >> that's what the cbo projections show. they assume that we get to full employment in 2017 and stay there until eternity. if you have a more realistic, non-rosy scenario, the deficit gos back above $1 trillion. yet this increases the deficit and pretends they're going to offset it. >> who is being more stockman responsible, democrats or republicans? >> i think i would give a low grade to both sides. >> but which one is doing a better job? >> the lowest grade to the republicans to ryan. i think he's proving once again that he is a fiscal fake. it's his job to stand up and tell the truth. and when he says we can raise spending for defense back to the pre-sequester level or for domestic, that is
we're in the fifth year of a recovery now. touf have context. if you take the one-time revenue windfall within the two-thirds budget you're running at 800 billion. that's 5% of g.d.p. no one's abolished the business cycle. sooner or later down the road there's going to be -- >> even if we get to 300 billion we're going to turn around and go the other way? >> that's what the cbo projections show. they assume that we get to full employment in 2017 and stay there until eternity. if you...
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it could be years before cultural attitudes catch up. >> in september, after the supreme court struck down the defensive marriage act. president obama ordered spouses of same-sex spouses to be given the same benefits. >> scientists decoded the oldest dna sequence. they hope it was related to the neanderthals. instead it's related to a group of ancient humans. the remains could explain how humans evolved and spread. >>> a record prize for an american master piece. this is "saying grace." it's a 1951 oil painting by norman rockwell. two bidders battled during a sotheby's auction. when the hammer came down it sold for 46 million, three times higher than the top price. it's considered a popular of the minipointings that rock well did. the work of cinema clients of charlie chaplin has been lost to decay. more on what is left of the slept era. >> charlie chapli, in a great of cinema. a pioneering entertainer he rose to fame during the era of the silent films. a director, composer and actor he is seen in his signature role. early motion pictures were called silent because synchronised dialog
it could be years before cultural attitudes catch up. >> in september, after the supreme court struck down the defensive marriage act. president obama ordered spouses of same-sex spouses to be given the same benefits. >> scientists decoded the oldest dna sequence. they hope it was related to the neanderthals. instead it's related to a group of ancient humans. the remains could explain how humans evolved and spread. >>> a record prize for an american master piece. this is...